Artworks for summer
Swimming pools, golden fields, and beach umbrellas
Dear Readers,
It’s currently 29 degrees here in London! So, I thought what better way to cool down than to pull together a few of my favourite summer scenes?
From Emma Amos’ burning palette to Gluck’s frolicking flower goddess, Hilary Pecis’ glimmering swimming pool to March Avery’s sunflowers wilting in the heat — these are some artworks which sum up summer for me.
Sylvia Sleigh, Felicity Rainnie Reclining, 1972
(Listen here to the GWA episode about Sleigh, with Andrew Hottle)
Georgia O’Keeffe, My Front Yard, Summer, 1941
(Don’t miss the GWA episode on O’Keeffe, with Wanda Corn, and my recent Substack on her!)
Ithell Colquhoun, Sunset Birth, c.1942
(Listen: Dr Amy Hale on Ithell Colquhoun on the GWA podcast)
Hilary Pecis, 7ft 0in, 2024
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